State v. . Langford
Supreme Court of North Carolina
The prisoner was indicted and tried before his Honor, Judge Caldwell, at Lincolnton, on the last Spring Circuit, for the murder of his wife, alleged in the bill to have been committed by means of choking, suffocation and strangling. The following is the case sent to this Court as made out by the presiding Judge :— u On the trial, it was alleged by the State that the parties had lived very unhappily together.
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The prisoner was indicted and tried before his Honor, Judge Caldwell, at Lincolnton, on the last Spring Circuit, for the murder of his wife, alleged in the bill to have been committed by means of choking, suffocation and strangling. The following is the case sent to this Court as made out by the presiding Judge :— u On the trial, it was alleged by the State that the parties had lived very unhappily together. On the part of the State the first witness introduced was a daughter of the prisoner and deceased. The Solicitor for the State asked her, the first question propounded, whether her father…
1Opinion of the CourtJMash, C. J.
The Court has examined, with great care* the bill of exceptions filed in this case, and also the record, properly so called, anxiously desirous to discharge their duty, both to the State and to the prisoner. Much matter not pertinent to the case was thrown into the argument here. We listened to it patiently and respectfully, willing that the prisoner should have the benefit of every suggestion which could legitimately be taken into consideration by us.
This Court is strictly a Court of Error, and can only review matters of law. We cannot, therefore, in forming our judgment, go out of the…
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